The Travel Journal of Sheldon Leavitt: David Leavitt

A photostat copy of a duodecimo travel journal kept by Sheldon Leavitt (1818-1875, Yale 1837) turned up at our house at 38 Arlington Street this summer. Leavitt was the grandfather of Josephine Crosby, my grandmother. The photocopied journal is 8 1/2" x 6 3/4" and 87 pp. long, with 2 diary pages per sheet (making the whole about 172 pp. long). It's an account of his "grand tour" initiated in 1840,when he was 22. I've started to transcribe it and it proves to be quite fascinating. In this blog, I will post my transcription from time to time as I go through the volume. I think it will be interesting to family members.

I look forward to your comments!

Rob Forbes

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